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Cuba / Statue of Liberty / Gateway Arch / Fingerprint / DMCA

On This Day (October 28): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
October 28, 2025

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🌟 Editor's Note

Good morning — it’s Tuesday, October 28. Today, we're diving into the first use of fingerprints by police, Cuba's discovery, the Statue of Liberty, the birth of the Gateway Arch, and much more—precise, bright, and quick.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1492

Christopher Columbus sighted Cuba and claimed it for Spain, calling it "Juana".

-1538

The first university in the Americas, Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, was founded in Santo Domingo.

-1746

Lima and Callao were destroyed by an earthquake, killing 18,000.

-1831

-1886

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland and celebrated by the first ticker-tape parade in New York City.

-1904

St. Louis Police try out a new investigative technique: fingerprints.

-1919

Congress passed the Volstead Act, banning alcohol nationwide, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

-1940

Mussolini’s army, already in Albania, invades Greece, leading to a disastrous campaign for his forces.

-1965

Missouri's Gateway Arch was completed, a stunning 630-foot stainless steel structure marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

-1998

President Bill Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) into law. The legislation aimed to enhance federal copyright protections against new Internet threats and emerging technologies.

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📸 Snapshot

Mickey Mouse was a little different and not quite as lovable at the beginning, 1930

🗨️ Final Words

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“I am dying, sir, of a hundred good symptoms.“

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